Top 10 most impressive wins by a Brit fighter

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  1. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    And for being taken the 10 round distance by Brit journeyman Jimmy Batten around the same time??;)
     
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  2. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Havent see that fight so cant comment......Pretty much all the great fighters went the distance with journeymen at points in their careers, did they all not give a crap in that paricular fight

    You cant just put it down to 'Duran didnt give a ****'.......he was a born fighter...of course he wanted to win.

    Laing boxed beautifully and deserves massive credit for beating that ATG. It was a fantastic performance and easily a top 10 British performance of all time
     
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  3. D-MAC

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    Laing gets in for me because, well because it was Duran.

    Duran is arguably a top 10 all-time fighter, and you can make the same "didn't give a ****, been shagging cocktail waitresses for the previous so-many weeks" excuse with Robinson against Turpin.

    In fact a lot of these fights have "excuses" hanging over them.

    Don't get me started on Hatton-Tszyu, Gaz.;)
     
    D-MAC, Sep 12, 2009
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  4. GazOC

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    I don't usually buy excuses but its pretty obvious IMHO that the wheels had fallen of with Duran around that time.

    He was called into Arums office and given Cuevas as a last chance to get himself together.
     
    GazOC, Sep 12, 2009
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  5. AlFrancis

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    Jack kid Berg vs Tony Canzoneri and Kid Chocolate
     
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  6. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Harry Scott vs Rubin Carter
     
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  7. D-MAC

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    Great picks Al.

    Let us see your top 10:hey:deal
     
    D-MAC, Sep 12, 2009
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  8. D-MAC

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    But Kostya was a washed up old dirty ******* of a fighter; it was a walk in the park for Hatton. ****, it would have been a walk in the park for Eamon Magee that night.:p
     
    D-MAC, Sep 12, 2009
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  9. GazOC

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    Ted Lewis - Jack Britton, any one of many!!!
     
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  10. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    :good
     
    GazOC, Sep 12, 2009
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  11. essexboy

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    Very good list :good. Heres an alternative list of ten.

    Ken Buchanan vs Ismael Laguna
    Ted Kid Lewis vs Jack Britton II
    Jack Kid Berg vs Kid Chocolate
    Jimmy Wilde vs Memphis Pal Moore II
    Benny Lynch vs Small Montana
    Howard Winstone vs Jose Legra
    Nigel Benn vs Iran Barkley
    Prince Naseem Hamed vs Kevin Kelley
    Tommy Farr vs Max Baer
    John Conteh vs Jorge Ahumada
     
    essexboy, Sep 12, 2009
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  12. GazOC

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    I looked at Farr-Baer for my list, great win!!!!
     
    GazOC, Sep 12, 2009
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  13. essexboy

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    Certainly was. Just clocked your list by the way we picked a couple of the same battles, nice. I was thinking about Mills-Lesnevich myself. :good
     
    essexboy, Sep 12, 2009
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  14. D-MAC

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    I like that, very nice.

    I was thinking of Benn-Barkley for my one.
     
    D-MAC, Sep 12, 2009
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  15. AndrewFFC

    AndrewFFC Well-Known Member Full Member

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    From my limited knowledge period wise, in no order

    Benn v McClellan
    Hatton v Tszya
    Haye v Mormeck
    Benn v Barkley
    Lewis v Holyfield
    Calzaghe v Lacy
    Calzaghe v Hopkins
    Bruno v McCall
    Hamed v Kelly
    Laing v Duran
     
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